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Clinton News-Record, 1979-01-04, Page 13backward look at 1978 March: Volunteers make new grandstand a reality CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1979—PAGE 13 • March 3, 1978 Volunteer, laborers contributed nearly 39,000 • worth of man hours to Clinton's new grand- stand, the- Kinsmen club was told, at a recent meeting. orale total $246,135.46 cost of the grandstand, olunteer people gave $8,681.46 of free time to tear down the old stand, clean up the site and help build the new stand. Raceway chairman Raul Kerrigan said the Kinsmen Club gets the money back from the government for the volunteer hours. Kerrigan also said that the club still owes ,about $107,000 of the stand but over $66,000 of that is from grants that the club hasn't received yet. Striking secondary school .teachers in Huron County have not com- •_ pletely abandoned their students and appear willing to help any of their charges requesting assistance. The teachers seem willing to tutor students having difficulty with school work, and they're being asked to do with no. formal class instruction. The teachers have no. formal policy on tutoring, but a recent meeting between. the teacher' negotiating team and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation officers resulted •in a policy being set down. Teachers are,. permitted to tutor at their pleasure ,provided they don't charge for the service. The negotiating team feels that if teachers are going to tutor for money they may as well be in the classrooms. - A major expansion of facilities for Blyth Memorial Hall was ap- proved in principle by the board of directors for the Blyth Centre for the Arts on Thursday, February 9. The board agreed to go ahead with the expansion program as funds become - available. The three phase project would cost between $150,000 and $200,000. Ittvas cold • March 9, 1978 • Even though the last six weeks have made this the coldest winter in nearly 30 years, thefe. seem to be few com- plaints about the weather, the News - Record has found in a survey. - The area has suffered through one of the coldest winters since the 1930s according to the Goderich weather office, but because there Were no major storms, little wind .and many sunny days, few people noticed the cold. So far in the last six weeks, the temperature has fallen below the zero Fahrenheit mark on 20 days', and has not been above freezing since January 26, or 41 con- secutive days. Normally in the first part -of March, the temperature ranges from a daytime high of plus 4 degrees C to a night-time low of minus 5 degrees C. On March 2, the weather observation station at the Norman Baird farm in (Brucefield recorded a minus 28 degrees C reading, fe18 degrees F) just a hair short of the all time record low for the month of March of minus 28.3 degrees C. (-19 degrees F). With only a budget increase of 6.2 percent. this year, the Clinton Public Hospital may have to look at some cutbacks. For the fiscal year 1978-79 the hospital's budget has been set at $1,610,684, $93,754 more than •last year's budget of $1,516,930. "We really haven't got down to working out the budget yet, but it's going to make things a little tight, hospital ad- ministrator- Doug Coventry said. He added, "The cost bf medical and surgical supplies has gone up 10 to 12 percent and the negotiated wage con- tracts areup a lot more than six percent." (March 16) - No, those numbers aren't bust measurements. They're exhibit numbers of summer bathing wear worn at Spring Fashionation by MaryGiron of Clinton, left, Twyla Phillips of Egmondville, middle, and Fran Sores of Clinton, right. The girls took part in the fashion show at the Clinton Legion Hall on March 8 with a full house attending. (News -Record photo by Ashley Geddes) All teachers out. • • • from page 12 days straight. The teachers worked Monday of this week ,but refused to enter the classrooms either Tuesday or Wednesday. Both days the leachers didn't in- form the board of their actiOns until just prior to the commencement of classes forcing the board to operate buses as normal. The students , were transported to the schools both days and upon arrival, principals turned the buses around and sent them home. Teachers refused Wednesday to disclose what strike action they had planned for t6day, but just before press ' time la st-'7Wed: nesday afternoon the Board of Education loc4ed out' 273 striking teachers. It means there will be no school for the county's 4,600 students until the strikeis settled. Clinton Town Council will be seeking the co= operation of Goderich Township, Hullett, • Stanley and Tuckers m ith Wrngham Memorials ; 1 litiS4HOtit 0740 i ' , Rd. ssY•leis •i*Guarantood ' GranIto •Comotory • • LottorIng viiViiiiiiit an/ ' { lomiteorritraksiofls. t'........„,,,,..,,,,,,,,.................................. to agree to a joint study for future senior citizen housing. Council learned at their regular February meeting last week from John Lyndon, manager of the Huron County Housing Authority, that the Ministry of Housing would like to see future senior government apartment facilities shared by Clinton and the four ' surrounding townships. The Ontario Police ,ommission (OPC) has informed all police chiefs in" Ontario that seat belt usage legislation should be put into effect im- mediately. The law which came into effect over—a-year- and-a-half ago has not been fully enforced up until this time. Chief Lloyd Westlake of the Clinton Police force noted that more people • throughout Ontario " are now wearingseat belts. "It has cut down on a lot of injuries," he said. Established 1876 McKILLQP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD Orl:ICE'r 10 MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT , Mrs. Margaret Sharp..Seo. Treas.. Ph. 527-0400. FULL COVERAGE Farm and Urban Properties Fire, Windstorm, 1.1ability,, Theft Var1ous Floater Coverages Homeowner's,Tettant's Package, Composite Dwelling Directors and Adjusters Ken Carnochad, A.R.#4, Seaforth 527-1545 Lavern Godkin; A,R.Hi, Walton 527-1877 Ross Leonhardq, R.11.01, Elordholrh . 345-2234 John McEwing1 R.R.01, Blyth 523-9390 Stanley Mcltwaln, R.R.02, Goderich 524-7051 Donald McKerCher, R.F1.0, Dublin 527-1837 John A. Taylor?, R.R.01 , Brucefield 482.7627 J.N.Trewarthe, Box 681, Clinton 482405 Stuart Wilson, R.R.01, Brucefleld 527-0687 AGENTS James Keys, R.R.N1, Seaforth Wm. Leiper, R.A.01, LOndesbtro I Steve J. Murray, R.R.05, Soaferth • 627-046/ 523-4257 345-2172' CALL AN AGENr OR ME OFFICE' The Clinton Colts Intermediate C hockey team is down three to one games in the playoff series with Mitchell. They won ttheir first game against Mitchell last Friday night but they need three more wins in a row to win the best -of - seven series, Renovations on March 16, 1978 Clinton council agreed Monday night to send to a public eptpmittee a new study that -recommends that the 98 -year-old Clinton Town Hall be renovated and restored. Council took a cautious approach after they accepted the 43 -page report from Hill and Borgal, • the architects and planners of Goderich. e?, Cbuncil had com- farmer's market every $30,000 to $50,000 would missioned Hill ,, and Saturday morning have to be raised from Borgal last fall to do the duripg the summer fund raising, as the study at a cost of $3,500 months, but it was met remainder would be and Monday night showed the study to the public. An Architectural Heritage- committee, which • council formed under the guidance of councillor Ron McKay, will now look into the report, meet with the public over future uses of the structure and report back to council. A farmer's market may be held again in Clinton this summer if at least 10 vendors take part. The decision was made at the March 13 meeting of the Clinton Businessmen's Association. Chairman of the association, Heather Ross,, put forth the proposal to holdanother with some opposition. The location of last year's market was in dispute and some of the mer- chants felt Having their goods out on the street did little to promote business last year. If all their plans work out, there will be a new floor in the Clinton arena by the start of the Spring Fair on June 2, the Clinton. recreation committee decided last Thursday night. The rec committee decided to go ahead and replace the floor and discussed fund raising campaigns including a door to door canvass. Although .the com- mittee estimates the new floor could cost between $100,000 and $150,000 only covered by grants. Rec chairman Percy Livermore told the committee last week that the floor .was heaving badly again this year and the boards were out of alignment. -- • The site of the proposed county -wide police dispatch, system still remains in question, Clinton council has learned. "We were under the assumption that it would be in Goderich," reported Deputy Reeve Frank Cook. However, he explained to the council that folldwing a meeting with the five police chiefs, "We learned that the cost figures were fictitious, Turn to page 14 • ei• • s, • (March 23) - Robbie the robin found a good spdt perch on the shoulder of Erma Hartley, of 68 North St., Clinton. Mrs. Hartley found Robbie seven years ago after a rainstorm, starving and featherless and has given him a place to board ever since. (News - Record photo by Ashley 6eddes) ' fine markets... of fine foods Nzehrs FRESH PORK SHOULDER PICNIC ROAST [ FRESH ONTARIO PORK SHOULDER - BUTT ,ROAST FRESH ONTARIO PORK SHOULDER BUTT CHOPS SPECIAL PRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL CLOSING TUESDAY JANUARY 9, 1979. .0 PRIDE OF CANADA ,sOR SHAMROCK • SIDE. BACON • SCHNEIDERS LARGE SIZE RING BOLOGNA $ 1 Ibil I- 48. . • ..11A9 $ . , , 9 11SCHNEWERS SAUSAGES FARMERS MARKET.- 1 I b _IfKG _ _ $1 a 9 SCHNEIDERS ,LOOP STYLE . . .- POLISH SAUSAGE ' OUR NEC. 89c SPECIAL ZEHRS 4 VARIETIES POTATO CHIPS C 225 g .6„ SPECIAL TRY OUR OWN BRAND 5 VARIETIES . ZEHRS COOKIES 89!46°, OUR REG 99c ALLENS-- 7 FLAVOURS FRUIT DRINKS ' 48 oz TIN .- 59C READY TO SERVE • 6 VARIETIES F re HEINZ SOUPS _ _ , ovii. CHRISTIES PLAIN OR SALTED TOPS 8 oz, TINS TR • 45Q g PREMIUM CRACKERS__ ' 69!INSTA. NESCAFE- NCOFFEE. ,o, '4.99 iiiiiiirilITH PORK SPECIAL BOUTIQUE PRINTED KLEENEX TOWELS 99 ROLL OUR NEC $122 SPECIAL LARGE SIZE SUNLIGHT. 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